Moshe And The Sea

A great revelation of G-dly-ness took place at the splitting of the Sea of reeds. “A maidservant, At the sea, saw that which even the greatest of prophets could not see”. The sea represents the hidden spiritual worlds, and the splitting of the sea was a physical embodiment of a spiritual splitting of all concealments.

The sea split before Moshe hand, for only Moshe had the spiritual capacity to be the conduit for this revelation. Batya, Pharoh’s daughter, named him Moshe for “from the water I have drawn him”. He was a transplant from the sea of the concealed worlds. He therefore could not speak eloquently, for expression was the antithesis of his naturel habitat, the concealed worlds.

While studying this Chasidic interpretation this past Shabbos morning, we came up with an interesting idea.

After witnessing the splitting of the sea the torah declares “they believed in G-d and in Moshe his servant”. Why is this the first time that the Jews believed in Moses? Didn’t he perform the ten plagues in Egypt, miraculously freeing them from slavery?

Perhaps we can say that up until that point, although they have seen Moshe’s performance, they did not see his essence. The nation could not understand where he was coming from. When the sea split and all of the hidden worlds were torn open, the Jews were finally able to recognize Moshe for what he really was: drawn from the waters of the concealed worlds.

Torah Or - Bi'sha'lach